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A forum operation question
« on: February 04, 2016, 09:17:47 PM »
There's probably a really obvious answer to this but I'll ask anyway.

I used to get an email when someone posted on a thread that I'd commented on and now all-of-a-sudden I don't. I have the little 'Notify me of replies' box ticked - am I missing something?  ??? Does it work for you?

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Re: A forum operation question
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2016, 09:40:12 PM »
There's probably a really obvious answer to this but I'll ask anyway.

I used to get an email when someone posted on a thread that I'd commented on and now all-of-a-sudden I don't. I have the little 'Notify me of replies' box ticked - am I missing something?  ??? Does it work for you?

I get sort of sporadic notifications if someone quotes me in a thread, but not every time there is a reply. I think that is a Tapatalk thing though. I have notifications turned off though since I am compulsively checking this site through the day anyway.
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Re: A forum operation question
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2016, 10:02:27 PM »
I simply don't use notifications anywhere except on forums where I don't often go like tech support places.
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Re: A forum operation question
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2016, 08:52:29 AM »
Yes, that used to work at one point Nigel. It may just be that the email server isn't configured properly anymore? Alternatively the server is on some spam blacklist so the emails never reach their destination. Or, or, or. Email is notoriously difficult these days.

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Re: A forum operation question
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2016, 04:46:34 PM »
Has anybody else noticed the favicon has disappeared, or is it maybe a Chrome thing?

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Re: A forum operation question
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2016, 04:48:32 PM »
Yes, that used to work at one point Nigel. It may just be that the email server isn't configured properly anymore? Alternatively the server is on some spam blacklist so the emails never reach their destination. Or, or, or. Email is notoriously difficult these days.

Oh, ok. Thanks Urban. At least it's not me having done something stupid.
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Re: A forum operation question
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2016, 09:00:12 PM »
Has anybody else noticed the favicon has disappeared, or is it maybe a Chrome thing?

I've never seen the favicon in Chrome since I've been registered. And I just noticed it disappeared in FF as well  :o Maybe it was cached at a different location? Or maybe the forum "problems" of late have changed some default directories?

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Re: A forum operation question
« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2016, 09:44:00 PM »
Well, I know that the site was moved to a new server last weekend, so that might have something to do with it.
I don't know how the internals work on clusters like that but I feel that everything might not be properly linked yet.
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Re: A forum operation question
« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2016, 09:44:23 AM »
Actually it stopped working a while ago. So the latest forum move may not be related.

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Re: A forum operation question
« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2016, 03:49:04 PM »
While we're on this topic: Does anybody else have problems attaching images to a post using Tapatalk? I always get a 500 error when I try. That used to work at some point as well.

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Re: A forum operation question
« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2016, 05:21:52 PM »
A friend of mine has been trying to join the group for several days but the process doesn't complete.  Could that be related to the server move?

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Re: A forum operation question
« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2016, 09:06:05 PM »
I know the site does some geo-IP blocking to minimize spam...
Maybe contacting Ed or Leon directly would help.
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Re: A forum operation question
« Reply #12 on: February 07, 2016, 11:11:35 PM »
I PM'ed Ed but no reply yet.  This guy is in Quebec--so probably not blocked!

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Re: A forum operation question
« Reply #13 on: February 08, 2016, 01:44:51 PM »
Like you say, probably not...
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